Lille hosts Bayern, Lens face City and Liverpool: Champions League league phase schedules revealed

Lens will host Manchester City on January 20 before travelling to Liverpool on January 27, while Lille will receive Bayern Munich on November 25 and then face Arsenal in London in October: the two northern French clubs competing in the Champions League now know their full league phase schedule, revealed on Saturday, two days after the draw.

RC Lens will open their European campaign on September 10 with an away trip to Slovakia to face Slovan Bratislava. The Sang et Or will then host Sporting Portugal at Bollaert-Delelis on October 13, before a short trip to Belgium to face Club Bruges on October 21. Como will be hosted on November 4, then Lens will travel to Leipzig on November 24 and to Bodo/Glimt on December 9. The schedule will conclude in January with the two most anticipated fixtures: hosting Manchester City on January 20, then the trip to Liverpool on January 27.

Lille, for their part, will begin their league phase at home against Real Betis on September 8. On October 13, the Dogues will travel to London to face Arsenal, before hosting Galatasaray on October 21. The fourth match will take them to Bodo/Glimt on November 3. Next comes the hosting of Bayern Munich at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on November 25, then a trip to Leipzig on December 9. Lille will conclude their league phase with two matches in January: hosting Slovan Bratislava on January 19, and a trip to AS Rome’s Stadio Olimpico on January 27.

Paris Saint-Germain, the third Ligue 1 club competing in the competition, has also learned its schedule under the same conditions.